The ERP Minute Episode 92 - June 20, 2023

Salesforce has quickly risen in the ranks to dominate the enterprise software market, specifically customer relationship management, surpassing even the most recognizable of industry behemoths. Despite this notoriety, few truly know about the ERP offerings within Salesforce.com’s AppExchange that are written on the Salesforce Lighting platform, specifically FinancialForce and other sound products, Rootstock and Accounting Seed. In this episode of the ERP Advisor, Shawn Windle provides a full ...

20 Okt 202229min

At the Sage Transform conference, several announcements were made to mark the growth and advancement of Sage. First, Sage announced the acquisition of carbon accounting solution Spherics to help SMBs measure and cut their emissions. Sage also announced new product integration with Microsoft to continue simplifying workflows for SMBs by allowing the submission and approval of certain processes directly through Teams, rather than in the Sage Intacct or Sage People application. Then Sage release...

19 Okt 20224min

Epicor announced that it has acquired eFlex Systems, a cloud-based Manufacturing Execution System (MES) technology provider. The acquisition expands the Epicor portfolio of Advanced MES capabilities to help manufacturers increase productivity by modernizing their production environments through digital work instructions, advanced process control, and real-time visibility. ECI announced that it has completed its acquisition of ES Tech Group, a UK-based B2B eCommerce software, and services comp...

11 Okt 20222min

As ERP technology continues its rapid advancement, businesses running on legacy ERP systems find themselves overwhelmed by the lingering need to address the elephant in the room: is it time for an upgrade? The conversation can be daunting with concerns surrounding potential workforce response to the disruption and fear that a change would render the current system’s specialized functionality useless. But in the digital age, companies not rising to the occasion risk becoming obsolete as a resu...

7 Okt 202256min

NetSuite wasted no time making significant product announcements at its annual SuiteWorld conference. First, Oracle NetSuite unveiled NetSuite AP Automation which embeds banking services into a cloud ERP system to help organizations improve profitability by making it easier and faster to process bills and pay vendors all from within NetSuite. NetSuite went on to announce NetSuite CPQ to enable sales teams to quickly configure, price, and quote complex products with complete accuracy and relia...

4 Okt 20223min

This week at Dreamforce, Salesforce’s user conference, Salesforce introduced Genie, a hyper-scale real-time data platform that powers the entire Salesforce Customer 360. Genie unifies all of a company’s customer data across channels and interactions into a single, real-time customer profile, so every experience across the Customer 360 is more automated, intelligent, and real-time. Microsoft made a few announcements this week, beginning with its board of directors declaring a quarterly dividen...

28 Sep 20223min

Several exciting announcements were made regarding the application enhancements of Workday products, with new innovations to help power a new era for the office of the CFO through new machine learning capabilities, increased performance and scalability in planning, and deeper insights into the supply chain, enhancements to Workday’s HR solutions allowing customers to gain deeper insight into workforce skills and deliver more personalized employee experiences, and new customer support solution...

21 Sep 20224min

Deltek, a global provider of software and solutions for project-based businesses, quickly rose to notoriety, by providing solutions for advanced project intelligence, management, and collaboration. Deltek puts an emphasis on the people who make an organization, specifically developing products for government, field services, and professional services industries. In this episode of The ERP Advisor, we dissect Deltek’s professional services solutions to educate listeners on its position in the ...

15 Sep 202220min